User blog comment:Bluestripe the Wild/Riddle of the Lost Blade/@comment-3474228-20111122232537/@comment-3474228-20111126033245

Vulcan slides backwards, between two stakes in the deck, and out into the ocean. He tries to grab a hold of the side of the deck, but it is too slippery, and he falls into the sea. The corsairs, meanwhile continue surging forward as one, hacking and slashing at the hares without letting up.

Ropes come down from the corsair ship and Vulcan struggles to grab onto one, but he is swept away as the ships rock back and forth, sending up waves that carry him in every direction. He goes under water for a full minute, and he finally resurfaces, coughing madly and spitting up water. "Heeelp!"